Add This Flavorful Herb To Your Garden To Keep Flies At Bay Read More: https://www.housedigest.com/1399872/plant-rosemary-herb-garden-repel-flies-pests-naturally/

 https://www.housedigest.com/1053994/how-to-repel-bugs-naturally/

I have a wooden box of essential oils and they get a good workout. 

Scroll down the articles as there are other tips for getting rid of spiders, cockroaches and other critters.

I have rosemary in my backyard and have propagated some new plants. I intend to have them in pots at my back door. Mint should always be growing in a pot, if you plant it in the ground it will grow like wildfire and is a nightmare to control, just like ivy. I am still trying to get rid of my ivy that has gotten out of control. I hope that this year I will finally be able to eradicate the ivy. I  just want to grow it  in hanging baskets. 

The new (Returned Servicemen's League) RSL Rose by Meilland

 I am not into red roses much preferring softer colours but this is a must have. My father and late father in law were serving members of the military in conflict. So this rose means a lot to me as does the RSL and supporting veterans and their families.

It is a beautiful rose and for a very worthy cause, please look out for this in garden centers and on line nurseries. Some nurseries have their own version to the Meilland standard RSL rose that I purchased recently. So why not pop online and have a look at what is on offer near you or to buy online. Help support a worthwhile cause. 

'We transformed our city back garden into a wildflower meadow'

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1yRybrcnxvtygjK4xtq0xJS/we-transformed-our-city-back-garden-into-a-wildflower-meadow?fbclid=IwAR2lhQxQNywjj5IWc4nU3j6FYKbDcbhVCT1lYUhcQUkTy9OvKOgkVnh8B0M

My kind of place 😻 with the British climate this works well. I wish that we had hedgehogs and squirrels in Australia. I would just love them to live in my garden. My garden is full of bulbs in bloom right now. I have never seen it so bright and cheerful. Thanks to all the rain that we have had I am enjoying the seasonal colours. I am now hoping that the summer flowers will be just as spectacular and attract ladybugs and butterflies in droves. The bees are back already and collecting pollen from my box elder tree and flowers. I just hope they don’t set up residence in a possum box like last year. Mind you we got 9kg of raw honey from them. The resident possums won’t put up with the bees, they put up a fight if any bees try to use their boxes. One possum per box, they don’t do that share thing or it gets ugly fast, lol. 

 The Lindsay’s garden, noticed the scabiosa and blue cornflowers. Two of my favourites, good to grow with cosmos and babies breath or Queen Anne’s lace. 

Air plants guide

 https://lawn.com.au/air-plants-guide/

 I am a huge fan of air plants and have had a few in recent years but occasionally due to the heat and doing multiple things at a time, sometimes my air plants croak it. I have just treated myself to a couple of new ones this week to keep indoors. So that I can keep an eye on them more.

They make a good gift to give people of all ages.So if you are stuck for an idea for a gift for someone these may just be ideal. Low maintenance and a bit of fun too. 

Here is a guide that I came across to help care for your air plants that I want to share. I will get my head around this and hopefully thanks to this person for making this guide, I may just be more successful in keeping mine alive.

Plant once, keep harvesting for free with these must-grow salad greens to reduce cost of living

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-07-07/vegetables-gardening-greens-perennial-reduce-cost-of-living/101210154

If you have the time and space to grow things that’s great. Even things that you can grow on your veranda, whether in tubs, hanging baskets or wall mounted pots in among other plants can be handy. It gives a nice tranquil atmosphere to your veranda. Cherry tomatoes, salad leaves and snow peas are a good option.

A herb pot for dill, basil, parsley and rosemary. Keep seeds from plants to use next season too. Mark envelopes with what type of seeds they are, position as in full sun, part shade and when to sew the seeds. Keep any culture tags so that you know what you have and the care instructions are on the back. I put mine in plastic sleeves in a ring binder folder. I have done that for over twenty years. 

Nasturtiums are a pretty and edible plant, both the flower and the leaves. The seeds are the size of a small pea and easily recognised. They are a plant that keeps on giving. However if you don’t like the peppery taste you can grow them for colour. 

Keep any type of mint in a pot or it will destroy your garden, it is so invasive like ivy, as is lemon balm. Buy gardening magazines or a big gardening book that covers everything. If you choose magazines you will only need one years worth for enough information on what to grow when, but buy something like Gardening Australia, or similar that covers fruit and vegetables. 

Investigation reveals tracking by EdTech of millions of Australian school students during COVID lockdowns

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-25/investigation-reveals-educational-tech-tracking-children-data/101091808 

This is shocking, just imagine the mental health issues that now get triggered by this information. This is just wrong and now every time kids are on line this will always be on their minds. That is not good for children or even a parent that suffers from mental health issues, this knowledge may cause distress.

It just makes me wonder what else is happening that we don’t know about and invasions of privacy that we are living with and are unaware of in our own homes. 

How to water plants while you’re away

 https://9now.nine.com.au/the-block/how-to-water-indoor-plants-while-youre-away-tips-diy-advice/0bcff77d-4923-4058-8089-11d62b1305e4

This is good to know for going away for a few days. Especially in hot weather. I would be devastated if my plants died. Two important things in my life apart form my family are fur babies and plants. 

More roses Lol, I just can't help myself I went out and bought a replacement Apricot Nectar and a Royal Highness rose. Once you fall in love with roses that's it. There are so many to choose from too. I am after the nice soft colours in a mixture of climbers/rambling and bushes. I think standards a bit difficult to keep in shape at present due to time constraints and now winter is here. My Royal Highness rose; I have put in to a big glazed pot so that I can keep a watchful eye on it. It is such a delightful rose to behold. The new Apricot Nectar will be put in the ground and will screen the new water tank that we just bought. Pretty soon my little paradise in suburbia will be looking wonderful. Come springtime there will be roses in full bloom to enchant all who entre the garden. Thursday, 23 May 2013 More Roses

 

More roses

Lol, I just can't help myself I went out and bought a replacement Apricot Nectar and a Royal Highness rose. Once you fall in love with roses that's it.
There are so many to choose from too. I am after the nice soft colours in a
mixture of climbers/rambling and bushes. I think standards a bit difficult to keep in shape at present due to time constraints and now winter is here.

My Royal Highness rose; I have put in to a big glazed pot so that I can keep a watchful eye on it. It is such a delightful rose to behold. The new Apricot Nectar will be put in the ground and will screen the new water tank that we just bought. Pretty soon my little paradise in suburbia will be looking wonderful. Come springtime there will be roses in full bloom to enchant all who entre the garden.

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 23 May 2013

More Roses

Roses: I just can’t get enough of them

 

Every now and then I have a strong urge to get into my garden and do something. Gardens are always a work in progress. Lately I am obsessed with roses and trying to make a highly fragrant garden.

There is just one problem though, I have a garden that gets the full sun and literally bakes in the heat. I have planted evergreen shrubs on my fence line, that grow up to 3 meters high. I have deciduous trees to give a canopy too.
In between this I have some roses, and now suddenly have the urge to go mad planting tall rose bushes and climbers, that will flower for 10 months of the year. Hmmm, now the problem starts.

I had just moved an Apricot Nectar rose, from the yard to make way for a rain water tank to water my garden from. Thus, also had to cut down a lemon tree too, also to make way for the tank. Well now the poor rose has died, as it didn't take to its new home. I have this ugly spot in the garden that looked so beautiful and was very fragrant. It will take a couple of years to restore the beauty that it once was. But now I am in the mood to plant roses where ever I can see the sun touching the ground. Oh dear, this could be a disaster waiting to happen or a magical transformation.

I have this dream of creating a magical, secret garden that is a delight to the senses. Searching through all my garden magazines and gardening books, looking for that special something. Reality hits me when I look at my garden and realize that it is a big job, and not just that. What things to get rid of and what to keep. The classic gardener’s plight, if I am not mistaking.
I have a few roses in big stone pots to create a fragrant entry to my back yard, the problem is the hot sun is on them from sun up until 3pm every day. The Australian sun is so powerful it can fry plants in hours, if they do not have cool moist soil for their roots. My pots are sitting on concrete and that is like an oven all day long, my poor roses.

For those wishing to create a garden with long  flowering roses, I would highly recommend the following roses.

For Climbing roses Iceberg, Pierre de Ronsard, Royal Highness, Albertine,
Cecile Brunner, Veilchenblau, and whatever else takes your fancy.

Rose bushes, Iceberg, Apricot nectar, Alex Red, Peter Frankenfeld, Peace
Campaigner, Seduction, Diamond Jubilee, Gold Bunny, to name a few.

A good idea for gardeners is to keep all of your plant and tree culture tags in a ring binder folder, with plastic sleeves/pages. Use sticky tape to hold the tags in place. Then you have a good library of all the plants that you have.

 

The top rose is Gold Bunny, which I have in a large pot and the other picture is an Iceberg rose, and a small pink rose called Palace rose. Which I gave to a friend as I was changing my garden, as one does lol.  Gardens are always being modified one way or another. Such is the way life is in the world of gardening.                                                                                                                           

                                                                                    

 

Australian/International Psychic Association's (APA/IPA) Psychic of the year 2013 (ACT) Awarded 5 Star rating in the USA 2015

Sunday, 12 May 2013

ROSES: I just can't get enough of them

Every now and then I have a strong urge to get into my garden and do something. Gardens